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Seventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1885-86by: Powell, John Wesley

Seventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1885-86
by: Powell, John Wesley

Hardcover. Washington, Government Printing Office , 1st, 1888, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 656 pages w/ index. Brown-red cloth, gilt lettering. Minor edgewear and corner bumps to boards. Several brown spots on end papers. Pages clean and unmarked. Folded map in back pocket. Illustrations throughout.

Record # 804478

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The Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guideby: James A. Scott

The Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide
by: James A. Scott

Softcover. Stanford CA, Stanford University Press;, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 584 pages. The only field guide to cover all North American butterfly species, this monumental work is also a complete natural history, fully describing the biological and ecological world of butterflies in general. It is without question the most important book on butterflies in several decades, and the most complete treatment of a major butterfly faun ever published. The book is written at several levels of detail, most of it accessible to anyone, and employs the minimum of technical terms necessary for ensuring scientific accuracy. Extensive introductory material-a book in itself-stresses butterfly biology and ecology: structure, flight, metamorphosis, hibernation, physiology, roosting, migration, mating, egg laying, intelligence, social behavior, larval and adult foods, enemies, mimicry, variation, evolution, habitats, distribution, and conservation. The main text is arranged in phylogenetic sequence, and characteristics or behavior common to all members of a family, subfamily, or tribe are discussed at those levels. The skippers, a large group often excluded, are treated in full. Several unique features make identification easier and more certain than with any other field guide. First, every species (and many subspecies) of butterfly ever recorded north of Mexico (or in Bermuda or Hawaii) is treated at length and illustrated in color. Over 1,800 butterflies representing all 679 species (males, females, uppersides, undersides, subspecies, etc.) are illustrated on 42 full-page plats. Another 136 color photographs illustrate the various life forms in natural habitat: eggs, larvae, pupae, and the more familiar and more spectacular adults.

Record # 371712

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Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errorsby: Parker, Matt

Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors
by: Parker, Matt

Hardcover. London, Allen Lane/Penguin Books, 1st UK, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 314 pages. This book is all about what happens when math goes wrong in the real world. Exploring and explaining a litany of near-misses and mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries and the Roman empire, Matt Parker shows us the bizarre ways math trips us all up, and what this reveals about its essential place in our world. Mathematics doesn't have good 'people skills', but we would all be better off, he argues, if we saw it as a practical ally. By making math our friend, we can use it to our advantage and learn from its pitfalls.

Record # 396335

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Steam Its Generation and Use with Catalogue of the Manufactures of The Babcock & Wilcox Co. New York and Babcock & Wilcox, Limited Londonby: N/A

Steam Its Generation and Use with Catalogue of the Manufactures of The Babcock & Wilcox Co. New York and Babcock & Wilcox, Limited London
by: N/A

Hardcover. NY/London, Babcock & Wilcox, 28th Ed., 1894, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with beveled edges, stamped in gilt. 182 pages, many b&w engravings and fascinating illustrations of their giant boilers and the customers/buildings that house them. The revised 28th Edition of the catalog which was first published in 1879. Covers with light wear, soil. From a private library with a bookplate on inside front cover. Interior clean.

Record # 384732

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Ueber die Hypergeometrische Function: Vorlesung Gehalten Im Wintersemester 1893/94by: Klein, F.

Ueber die Hypergeometrische Function: Vorlesung Gehalten Im Wintersemester 1893/94
by: Klein, F.

Hardcover. Germany, Gottingen, 1st, 1894, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 571 pages, reproduction of handwritten text in German by author. Black cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, ex-library with usual stamping, residue to end papers, label on spine. Front and rear hinges cracked but interior, clean, very good. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Record # 405439

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Science and the Secrets of Nature; Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture by: William Eamon

Science and the Secrets of Nature; Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
by: William Eamon

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 2nd pr., 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 490 pages. By explaining how to sire multicolored horses, produce nuts without shells, and create an egg the size of a human head, Giambattista Della Porta's Natural Magic (1559) conveys a fascination with tricks and illusions that makes it a work difficult for historians of science to take seriously. Yet, according to William Eamon, it is in the "how-to" books written by medieval alchemists, magicians, and artisans that modern science has its roots. These compilations of recipes on everything from parlor tricks through medical remedies to wool-dyeing fascinated medieval intellectuals because they promised access to esoteric "secrets of nature." In closely examining this rich but little-known source of literature, Eamon reveals that printing technology and popular culture had as great, if not stronger, an impact on early modern science as did the traditional academic disciplines. Clean copy.

Record # 386475

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North American Terrestrial Vegetationby: Michael G. Barbour and William Dwight Billings

North American Terrestrial Vegetation
by: Michael G. Barbour and William Dwight Billings

Softcover. Cambridge University Press, reprint, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 434 pages with b&w illustrations. Unique in its comprehensive coverage, this book describes the major vegetation types from the arctic tundra of Alaska and Canada to the tropical forest of Central America. This original detailed summary provides the reader with a sense of the species composition, architecture and environment of each ecosystem. Each chapter opens with a map of North America that delineates the specific geographic area discussed within the following text. Some basic topics covered include paleobotany, autecological behaviour, nutrient cycling, and productivity. In addition to the basic biology of the ecosystems, environmental issues and management problems are addressed. Notes on areas for future research conclude each chapter. Comprehensive bibliographies provide references to additional details published in the technical literature. Mild crease to front cover and first 5 pages, otherwise very good, clean copy.

Record # 396887

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Nature and Development of Plantsby: Curtis, A.M., Ph.D., Carlton C.

Nature and Development of Plants
by: Curtis, A.M., Ph.D., Carlton C.

Hardcover. New York , Henry Holt and Company, 1st, 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 471 pages. Black cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. Cover has some faint smudges, and some fraying to corners and edges. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf. Some foxing on front and rear endpapers. Otherwise, inside is bright and clean with many b&w illustrations and educational diagrams throughout.

Record # 852701

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Aristotle's Metaphysics (Volume II only)by: Ross, W.D.

Aristotle's Metaphysics (Volume II only)
by: Ross, W.D.

Hardcover. London, England, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, Reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 528 pages. Hardcover. A Revised Text with Introduction and Commentary. Previous owner's name on front flyleaf and initials on front dust jacket cover. Red cloth cover boards, gilt title on spine. Dust jacket unclipped, Bookstore tag on front flap, dj has some agewear. Reprinted lithographically from sheets of the 1924 first edition.

Record # 99148

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Hummingbirds: A Life-size Guide to Every Speciesby: Michael Fogden, Marianne Taylor, Sheri Williamson

Hummingbirds: A Life-size Guide to Every Species
by: Michael Fogden, Marianne Taylor, Sheri Williamson

Hardcover. NY, Harper Design, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pages. Hummingbirds have always held popular appeal, with their visual brilliance, extraordinary flight dexterity, jewel-like color, and remarkably small size. This is the first book to profile all 338 known species, from the Saw-billed Hermit to the Scintillant Hummingbird. Every bird is shown life-size in glorious full-color photographs. Every species profile includes a flight map and key statistics, as well as information about behavior, plumage, and habitat.

Record # 374135

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The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Natureby: Geoffrey Miller

The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature
by: Geoffrey Miller

Hardcover. London, William Heinemann , 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Many aspects of how and why the human mind evolved remain mysterious. While Darwinian natural selection has successfully explained the evolution of much of life on earth, it has never seemed fully adequate to explain the aspects of our minds that seem most uniquely and profoundly human--art, morality, consciousness, creativity, and language. Nor has natural selection offered solutions to how the human brain evolved so quickly--in less than 2 million years--and why such a large brain remains unique to our species. Now, in The Mating Mind, a pioneering work of evolutionary science, these aspects of human nature are at last explored and explained. Until fairly recently most biologists have ignored or rejected Darwin's claims for his other great theory of evolution--sexual selection through mate choice, which favors traits simply because they prove attractive to the opposite sex. But over the last two decades, biologists have taken up Darwin's insights into how the reproduction of the sexiest is as much a focus of evolution as the survival of the fittest. Clean copy.

Record # 378968

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Story of Medicine in America, Theby: Marks, Geoffrey and William K. Beatty

Story of Medicine in America, The
by: Marks, Geoffrey and William K. Beatty

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 416 pages. Hardcover. Black & white illustrations throughout. Bright, clean, unclipped dust jacket. Tight binding, sharp corners, clean & unmarked.

Record # 403557

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Practical Physiology: for schools and familiesby: Jarvis, Edward

Practical Physiology: for schools and families
by: Jarvis, Edward

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Thomas, Cowpertwait and Company, 1st, 1851, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 396 pages, tan calf covers with black leather spine label with gilt title. B&W illustrations and charts throughout. Peeling on cover and short crack along spine edge. Light foxing to pages. Pencil signature of previous owner on front flyleaf. Clean internally.

Record # 850054

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Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Scienceby: Haraway, Donna

Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science
by: Haraway, Donna

Softcover. NY, Routledge, 1st pbk, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 486 pages, b&w illustrations. Haraway's discussions of how scientists have perceived the sexual nature of female primates opens a new chapter in feminist theory, raising unsettling questions about models of the family and of heterosexuality in primate research.

Record # 381870

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Moths of Southern Africa: descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 speciesby: Pinhey, E.C.G.

Moths of Southern Africa: descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species
by: Pinhey, E.C.G.

Hardcover. Capetown SA, Tafelberg, 1st, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. 273 pages, color plates throughout. The standard reference on the subject. Clean copy.

Record # 371298

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Revolutions in Mathematicsby: Donald Gillies (Ed.)

Revolutions in Mathematics
by: Donald Gillies (Ed.)

Softcover. Oxford UK, Clarendon Press, reprint, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 353 pages. Social revolutions--that is critical periods of decisive, qualitative change--are a commonly acknowledged historical fact. But can the idea of revolutionary upheaval be extended to the world of ideas and theoretical debate? The publication of Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions in 1962 led to an exciting discussion of revolutions in the natural sciences. A fascinating, but little known, off-shoot of this was a debate which began in the United States in the mid-1970's as to whether the concept of revolution could be applied to mathematics as well as science. Michael Grove declared that revolutions never occur in mathematics, while Joseph Dauben argued that there have been mathematical revolutions and gave some examples. This book is the first comprehensive examination of the question. It reprints the original papers of Grove, Dauben, and Mehrtens, together with additional chapters giving their current views. To this are added new contributions from nine further experts in the history of mathematics, who each discuss an important episode and consider whether it was a revolution. The whole question of mathematical revolutions is thus examined comprehensively and from a variety of perspectives. This thought-provoking volume will interest mathematicians, philosophers, and historians alike. Small bump to bottom corner, otherwise clean, very good.

Record # 383975

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The Art of Teaching Physics: The Eighteenth Century Demonstration Apparatus of Jean Antoine Nolletby: Lewis Pyenson and Jean-Francois Gauvin

The Art of Teaching Physics: The Eighteenth Century Demonstration Apparatus of Jean Antoine Nollet
by: Lewis Pyenson and Jean-Francois Gauvin

Hardcover. Montreal CAN, Septentrion, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a dust jacket with mild fade to spine, 221 pages illustrated in color and b&w. A study of the work of Jean-Antoine Nollet was an 18th century French clergyman and physicist who did a number of experiments with electricity and discovered osmosis. One of Nollet's first accomplishments was to draw new maps of the world, based on the results of recent Dutch and English expeditions. He was later involved in early experiments with electricity. Nollet taught physics to members of the French aristocracy and to the king of Sardinia. Profusely illustrated with scientific instruments of the time. cCean copy.

Record # 385924

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The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution by: Kauffman, Stuart A.

The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution
by: Kauffman, Stuart A.

Softcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st pbk, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 709 pages. Stuart Kauffman has written a challenging book on the general problem of the origins of life and maintenance of order in complex biological systems. Kauffman contends that the basic concepts of Darwinian evolution by natural selection must be extended to accommodate new information from molecular biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics. Kauffman's hallmark is a shift to nonlinear paradigms for living systems. Kauffman argues that biological order is largely self-organized and spontaneous, and proposes to extend evolutionary theory beyond Darwin. His thesis requires three components: an understanding of spontaneous sources of order and self-organization; integration with natural selection, which in Kauffman's scheme molds biological order; and a consideration of adaptation. Clean copy.

Record # 386423

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John Hunter by: Gloyne, S. Roodhouse

John Hunter
by: Gloyne, S. Roodhouse

Hardcover. Edinburgh, E. & S. Livingstone Ltd, 1st, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 104 pages, b&w illustrations. Biography of an 18th century man of medicine and natural science. Small name stamp on front fly leaf, oterwise clean.

Record # 387267

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Archives of Science and Transactions of the Orleans County Society of Natural Sciencesby: Currier, J. M. and Geo. A. Hinman

Archives of Science and Transactions of the Orleans County Society of Natural Sciences
by: Currier, J. M. and Geo. A. Hinman

Hardcover. Newport VT, J. M. Currier, 1st, 1870, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 256 pages, a collection of scientific papers dated Oct. 1870 through July 1874. Bound in black cloth with black leather spine and corners, gilt lettering and rules on spine. Subjects include geology, Pawnee Indians, flora and fauna, birds of Vermont, etc. Small water stain to top edge margin of center pages, otherwise very good. Pencil inscription inside front cover reads: "Compliments of Dr. Currier, 1892". Previous owner's bookplate.

Record # 512589

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Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, Theby: Darwin, Charles

Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, The
by: Darwin, Charles

Hardcover. New York , D. Appleton and Company, 3rd, 1901, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 366 pages, fold-out maps. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Light wear and tearing to maps. Light edgewear and rubbing to covers with slight bumping to corners. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856930

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Theorie des Fonctions Algebriques et de Leurs Integralesby: Appell, Paul and Edouard Goursat

Theorie des Fonctions Algebriques et de Leurs Integrales
by: Appell, Paul and Edouard Goursat

Hardcover. Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1st, 1895, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 530 pages, ex-library bound in 3/4 leather and marbled boards, spines with raised bands and gilt titles. The usual stamping, end paper residue, sticker shadow and reference number at bottom of spine. Internally very good, clean. FRENCH TEXT.

Record # 405413

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Handbook on the Toxicology of Metals: Volume 2by: Friberg Lars; Nordberg Gunnar; Vouk Velimir B; Kessler Elisabeth eds.

Handbook on the Toxicology of Metals: Volume 2
by: Friberg Lars; Nordberg Gunnar; Vouk Velimir B; Kessler Elisabeth eds.

Hardcover. Amsterdam/New York, Elsevier, 2nd Ed., 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Volume 2 only. Previous owner's signature otherwise clean and unmarked. Tight binding. Corners slightly bumped. Blue faux leather covers.

Record # 450714

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Three Physico-Theological Discourses (HIstory of Geology)by: Ray, John

Three Physico-Theological Discourses (HIstory of Geology)
by: Ray, John

Hardcover. New York, Arno Press, Reprint of 1713 edition, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 456 pages. Hardcover. Previous owner's name on flyleaf. B/w illustated frontispiece (painting of author). Tan cover boards, black title on spine and front cover board. Some slight foxing to top edge. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Spine straight. "Wherein are largely discussed, the production and use of mountains; the original of fountains, of formed stones, and sea-fishes bones and shells found in the earth; the effects of particular floods, and inundations of the sea; the eruptions of volcano's; the nature and causes of earthquakes."

Record # 99058

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Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics, The : A Math-Free Exploration of the Science that Made Our Worldby: Kakalios, James

Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics, The : A Math-Free Exploration of the Science that Made Our World
by: Kakalios, James

Hardcover. New York, N.Y., Gotham, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 318 pages, b&w illustrations. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Overall, a tight clean copy. A highly entertaining exploration of the complicated science of quantum mechanics made easy to understand by way of pop culture. As a young science fiction fan, physicist James Kakalios marveled at the future predicted in the pulp magazines, comics, and films of the '50s and '60s. By 2010, he was sure we'd have flying cars and jetpacks. But what we ended up with-laptop computers, MRI machines, Blu-ray players, and dozens of other real-life marvels-are even more fantastic. In The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics, he explains why the development of quantum mechanics enabled our amazing present day.

Record # 459041

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Transactions of the American Mathematical Society: Volume 11 1910by: Osgood (Ed.), William Fogg and others

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society: Volume 11 1910
by: Osgood (Ed.), William Fogg and others

Hardcover. New York, Macmillan Co., 1st, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 504 pages. Ex-library from a university and was never circulated. Bound in 3/4 black leather and marbled boards. Four quarterly periodicals bound in one. Minimal stamping and residue. Previous owner's signature and 2 stickers on spine.(One covers the gilt title). Raised bands on spine, interior bright and clean. Tear to rear fly leaf.

Record # 405412

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Electron Spin Relaxation Phenomena in Solidsby: K.J. Standley And R.A. Vaughan

Electron Spin Relaxation Phenomena in Solids
by: K.J. Standley And R.A. Vaughan

Hardcover. NY, Plenum Press, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, orange cloth in a lightly worn dust jacket, 245 pages. From the series MONOGRAPHS ON ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE. Clean copy.

Record # 385610

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Sexual Behavior in the Human Maleby: Kinsey, Alfred C., Wardell B. Pomeroy & Clyde E. Martin

Sexual Behavior in the Human Male
by: Kinsey, Alfred C., Wardell B. Pomeroy & Clyde E. Martin

Hardcover. Phildelphia, W.B. Saunders Company, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth binding with spine labeling in black and gilt. Clean text; 804 pages, indexed; with bibliography and appendices. Title page with 1948 and no other printings indicated so assumed first printing. Pioneering study -- influential and highly controversial, followed five years later by the companion "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female." Owner's small embossed stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. No dust jacket.

Record # 383381

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Applications of Fibonacci Numbers: Volume 3by: Bergum, G.E. (Editor)

Applications of Fibonacci Numbers: Volume 3
by: Bergum, G.E. (Editor)

Hardcover. Springer, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 357 pages, unmarked, bright and tight copy.

Record # 457199

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Radio Astronomy Today: Papers Designed to Present Radio Astronomy in All I ts Aspects Given at the Jodrell Bank Summer Schoolby: Palmer, H.P., R.D. Davies, and M.I. L

Radio Astronomy Today: Papers Designed to Present Radio Astronomy in All I ts Aspects Given at the Jodrell Bank Summer School
by: Palmer, H.P., R.D. Davies, and M.I. L

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 242 pages, b&w illustrations and diagrams. Light underlining to 3 pages in front, otherwise a clean, tight copy.

Record # 385664

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Theory of Scientific Methodby: Whewell, William, Editor: Butts, Robert E.

Theory of Scientific Method
by: Whewell, William, Editor: Butts, Robert E.

Softcover. Indianapolis, Hackett Publishing, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 358 pages. This volume includes Whewell's seminal studies of the logic of induction (with his critique of Mill's theory), arguments for his realist view that science discovers necessary truths about nature, and exercises in the epistemology and ontology of science. The book sets forth a coherent statement of a historically important philosophy of science whose influence has never been greater: every one of Whewell's fundamental ideas about the philosophy of science is presented here. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386347

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Giordano Bruno and Renaissance Scienceby: Gatti, Hilary

Giordano Bruno and Renaissance Science
by: Gatti, Hilary

Softcover. Ithaca NY, Cornell University Press, reprint, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 257 pages. The Renaissance philosopher Giordano Bruno was a notable supporter of the new science that arose during his lifetime; his role in its development has been debated ever since the early seventeenth century. Hilary Gatti here reevaluates Bruno's contribution. Clean copy.

Record # 386759

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Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle (6 Volumes)by: Robert Boyle

Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle (6 Volumes)
by: Robert Boyle

Hardcover. Bristol UK, Thoemmes Press, reprint, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Six volume complete set. Folios, maroon cloth covers with gilt and dark blue spine designs. Facsimile reprint of the 1772 edition, over 5000 pages. Clean, very good. NOTE: THESE ARE HUGE VOLUMES AND CAN ONLY BE SHIPPED DOMESTICALLY.

Record # 397654

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Report of the Botanist: Volume 22-29 (1868-1875)by: Peck, Charles S.

Report of the Botanist: Volume 22-29 (1868-1875)
by: Peck, Charles S.

Hardcover. Albany NY, New York State Museum of Natural History, 1st, 1868-1875, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated (approximately 400 pages, including 12 plates, 4 in color, featuring fungi and mushrooms). Half leather and marbled boards with gilt lettering, raised bands on spine. Light rubbing to boards otherwise very good, clean.

Record # 405689

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The Enchanted Loom: Chapters in the History of Neuroscienceby: Corsi, Pietro (ed)

The Enchanted Loom: Chapters in the History of Neuroscience
by: Corsi, Pietro (ed)

Hardcover. NY, Oxford University Press, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, pages, profusely illustrated in color and b/w. Written by an international team of scientists, The Enchanted Loom offers a sweeping look at the history of neuroscience from the philosophy of Aristotle to the advent of Artificial Intelligence. This collection of accessible, intriguing essays is supplemented by over 350 spectacular illustrations, many in color, with thorough and informative captions written by the scientists themselves. The authors discuss Descartes's contributions to thought about the brain, alongside brilliant artistic studies of the central nervous system that he and masters like da Vinci executed. They show how phrenology--the long discredited study of skull shape and mental faculties--actually represented a breakthrough in thinking about localized brain functions, and how the advent of the microscope and other equipment led to new discoveries. The contributors bring the story up to the present day, unfolding the emergence of the modern neurosciences, advances in molecular biology, and the debate over how infants learn language. In addition, the book offers a short history of computers and recent thought about whether the mind works like computer software. Noted contributors include; Larry Squire, writing on memory; Solomon Snyder, discussing psychopharmacology; and John Dowling on vision. Colorful, intelligent, informative, The Enchanted Loom offers an authoritative and enjoyable look at the history of a complex and fascinating science.

Record # 374358

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The Typewriter Legendby: Masi, Frank T. (Editor)

The Typewriter Legend
by: Masi, Frank T. (Editor)

Softcover. Secaucus NJ, Matsushita Electric Corporation of America, reprint, 1985, Book: Good, Softcover, 132 pages, b&w illustrations. The typewriter has had a profound effect on both the business world and social communication. This book is a treasure of well-researched information documenting the earliest introduction of a machine for impressing letters to the electronic typewriters of the early 1980s. The book contains over 100 black & white photographs tracing the history of the typewriter and is a useful resource for typewriter collectors. Spotting to edges not affecting inside pages.

Record # 381758

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Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Trace Elements in Man and Animals (Tema-9)by: Fischer, P. W. (Editor)

Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Trace Elements in Man and Animals (Tema-9)
by: Fischer, P. W. (Editor)

Hardcover. Ottawa, NRC Research Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, laminated boards, 677 pages. Very clean, bright, and tight copy. Pages unmarked.

Record # 450720

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Introduction to the Study of Animal Populationsby: Andrewartha, H. G.

Introduction to the Study of Animal Populations
by: Andrewartha, H. G.

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 281 pages. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608405

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They Love and Kill: Sex, Sympathy and Aggression in Courtship and Mating by: Vitus B. Droscher

They Love and Kill: Sex, Sympathy and Aggression in Courtship and Mating
by: Vitus B. Droscher

NY, E.P. Dutton & Company, 1st US, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 363 pages, color, b&w photos, 31 drawings. Clean copy.

Record # 382475

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Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations (Volumes 1-2)by: Hartley, David

Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations (Volumes 1-2)
by: Hartley, David

Hardcover. Hildesheim, Germany, Georg Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, Reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Volumes 1-2. Hardcovers. Vol. 1: 512 pages. Vol. 2: 455 pages plus index. Green cloth covers, gilt title on black on spine and gilt title on front cover boards. top edge dyed. Key work by British philosopher, explaining his theories on the mind-body connection, including his doctrines of vibrations and associations, the formation and growth of consciousness, etc. Clean copies.

Record # 99065

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Critical Path by: Fuller, R. Buckminster

Critical Path
by: Fuller, R. Buckminster

Hardcover. NY, St Martin's Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, in an unclipped dust jacket that has some sun-fading, 471 pages, index, photography and illustrations -- Stated First Edition w/full # string and original price present. Burgundy cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title and decorative geodesic patterns on the spine. R. Buckminster Fuller became famous for being the inventor and designer of the Dymaxion House, the Dymaxion Car, and the Dymaxion Map. He also coined the term "Spaceship Earth". Clean copy.

Record # 371714

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The Life of the Honourable Robert Boyle F. R. S.by: Maddison, R.E.W.

The Life of the Honourable Robert Boyle F. R. S.
by: Maddison, R.E.W.

Hardcover. London, Taylor and Francis, 1st, 1969, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, red cloth stamped with gilt decoration and lettering. 332 pages, b&w illustraions. "Few names in the history of science are better known than that of the Honourable Robert Boyle, F.R.S., (1627-1691). His chemical and physical researches, his association with the early history of the Royal Society, and his influence on the development of scientific thought in the seventeenth century have been the subject of many general and specialized studies. Dr. Maddison's 'Life' is based on a close study of the Boyle papers and includes much new material. Its purpose is essentially to record the facts of Boyle's life and to serve as a guide to the numerous and varied, primary and secondary sources which are available for a study of his many scientific and other activities." Clean copy, no dust jacket.

Record # 384256

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Feynman's Thesis: A New Approach to Quantum Theory by: Brown, Laurie M (Editor)

Feynman's Thesis: A New Approach to Quantum Theory
by: Brown, Laurie M (Editor)

Softcover. London, World Scientific Publishing, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 121 pages. Richard Feynman?s never previously published doctoral thesis formed the heart of much of his brilliant and profound work in theoretical physics. Entitled "The Principle of Least Action in Quantum Mechanics," its original motive was to quantize the classical action-at-a-distance electrodynamics. Because that theory adopted an overall space?time viewpoint, the classical Hamiltonian approach used in the conventional formulations of quantum theory could not be used, so Feynman turned to the Lagrangian function and the principle of least action as his points of departure. The result was the path integral approach, which satisfied ? and transcended ? its original motivation, and has enjoyed great success in renormalized quantum field theory, including the derivation of the ubiquitous Feynman diagrams for elementary particles. Path integrals have many other applications, including atomic, molecular, and nuclear scattering, statistical mechanics, quantum liquids and solids, Brownian motion, and noise theory. It also sheds new light on fundamental issues like the interpretation of quantum theory because of its new overall space?time viewpoint. Clean copy.

Record # 385372

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Berkeley's Philosophy of Mathematics (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations Series) by: Jesseph, Douglas M.

Berkeley's Philosophy of Mathematics (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations Series)
by: Jesseph, Douglas M.

Softcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st pbk., 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 322 pages, b&w illustrations. In this first modern, critical assessment of the place of mathematics in Berkeley's philosophy and Berkeley's place in the history of mathematics, Douglas M. Jesseph provides a bold reinterpretation of Berkeley's work. Jesseph challenges the prevailing view that Berkeley's mathematical writings are peripheral to his philosophy and argues that mathematics is in fact central to his thought, developing out of his critique of abstraction. Jesseph's argument situates Berkeley's ideas within the larger historical and intellectual context of the Scientific Revolution.

Record # 386120

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The Cambridge Companion to Einstein by: Janssen, Michel; Lehner, Christoph (Editors)

The Cambridge Companion to Einstein
by: Janssen, Michel; Lehner, Christoph (Editors)

Softcover. UK, Cambridge University Press, 1st pbk, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 562 pages with index. This volume is the first systematic presentation of the work of Albert Einstein, comprising fourteen essays by leading historians and philosophers of science that introduce readers to his work. Following an introduction that places Einstein's work in the context of his life and times, the book opens with essays on the papers of Einstein's 'miracle year', 1905, covering Brownian motion, light quanta, and special relativity, as well as his contributions to early quantum theory and the opposition to his light quantum hypothesis. Further essays relate Einstein's path to the general theory of relativity (1915) and the beginnings of two fields it spawned, relativistic cosmology and gravitational waves. Essays on Einstein's later years examine his unified field theory program and his critique of quantum mechanics. The closing essays explore the relation between Einstein's work and twentieth-century philosophy, as well as his political writings. Clean, bright copy.

Record # 386477

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Hubbard Brook: The Story of a Forest Ecosystem by: Holmes, Richard T./ Likens, Gene E.

Hubbard Brook: The Story of a Forest Ecosystem
by: Holmes, Richard T./ Likens, Gene E.

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket with chipping and wear to edges. 271 pages, color illustrations. For more than 50 years, the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in the White Mountains of New Hampshire has been one of the most intensely studied landscapes on earth. This book highlights many of the important ecological findings amassed during the long-term research conducted there, and considers their regional, national, and global implications. Clean copy.

Record # 396888

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Some Early Tools of American Science: An Account of the Early Scientific Instruments and Mineralogical and Biological Collections in Harvard University.by: Cohen, I.

Some Early Tools of American Science: An Account of the Early Scientific Instruments and Mineralogical and Biological Collections in Harvard University.
by: Cohen, I.

Hardcover. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, reprint, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 201 pages. Red embossed cloth cover, minor wear to corners and edges. Some foxing on front and rear endpages. Inside is bright and clean with b&w illustrations throughout.

Record # 852921

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Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Cultureby: William Eamon

Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
by: William Eamon

Softcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, reprint, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wraps, 490 pages. By explaining how to sire multicolored horses, produce nuts without shells, and create an egg the size of a human head, Giambattista Della Porta's Natural Magic (1559) conveys a fascination with tricks and illusions that makes it a work difficult for historians of science to take seriously. Yet, according to William Eamon, it is in the "how-to" books written by medieval alchemists, magicians, and artisans that modern science has its roots. These compilations of recipes on everything from parlor tricks through medical remedies to wool-dyeing fascinated medieval intellectuals because they promised access to esoteric "secrets of nature." In closely examining this rich but little-known source of literature, Eamon reveals that printing technology and popular culture had as great, if not stronger, an impact on early modern science as did the traditional academic disciplines. Clean copy.

Record # 374329

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An Introduction to the Theory of Perception by: John Herbert Parsons

An Introduction to the Theory of Perception
by: John Herbert Parsons

Softcover. NY, Cambridge University Press, reprint, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 254 pages. Originally published in 1927, this book emphasizes the importance of the biological foundations of psychology, with perception being the bridge between nerve processes and consciousness. Parsons, an ophthalmic surgeon, views problems of perception as being both biological and psychological issues in the conscious and behavioural lives of an animal. Clean copy

Record # 379147

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Traces of an Ominvoreby: Shepard, Paul/Jack Turner

Traces of an Ominvore
by: Shepard, Paul/Jack Turner

Hardcover. Washington D. C., Island Press, First Edition, 1996, 235 pages. Hardcover. Off white cloth boards with orange titles to spine. Bright dust jacket with only light marginal wear. Very clean & unmarked. Crisp, tight copy.

Record # 750751

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